The second solo outing by Bradford Cox of Deerhunter is a breathtaking expansion on the laptop experiments of his first album and the dozens of songs that can be found on his blog, a wildly diverse collection of songs that range from warm guitar pop (“Criminals”) to bubbly electronics (Noah Lennox collaboration “Walkabout”) and washed out, shoegaze landscapes (the Lætitia Sadier-featuring “Quick Canal”); Logos may be the best example yet of why Cox is one of the most talented songwriters in indie music today.

Logos 1.0: Logos was originally scheduled for release last year, but pesky internet folks discovered that Bradford’s folder on Mediafire was totally open to public access. Demos for the album and the second disc of Deerhunter’s Microcastle were both leaked within hours and Bradford posted an unmastered version of the album on his blog and bitterly declared it dead. It wasn’t until earlier this year that he announced the album would live again, and we can all be thankful that he did.

Rating: 9.3 / 10

October 20, 2009
Kranky/4AD